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@§*$=~.... IF YOU FOLLOW A DIRT ROAD NORTH JUST ....~=$*§@
#@§*$=~... WITHIN THE SECOND RING, AND NAVIGATE ...~=$*§@#
##@§*$=~.. THE OVERGROWN MAZE OF THE NORTH-EASTERN ..~=$*§@##
#@§*$=~... RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY YOU ...~=$*§@#
@§*$=~.... ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LARGE ....~=$*§@
§*$=~..... FENCED-IN GROVE OF BIRD CHERRY AND .....~=$*§
*$=~...... JUNIPER. IT'S QUITE LARGE, ......~=$*
$=~....... AND WILL TAKE A WHILE TO CIRCLE, .......~=$
=~........ ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S GOT GARDENS AND ........~=
~......... WALLS STICKING OUT OF IT IN MORE THAN A .........~
.......... FEW PLACES. BUT KEEP GOING, AND ..........
~......... EVENTUALLY THERE'LL BE LILACS, AND A .........~
=~........ HOLE IN THE FENCE. ........~=
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*$=~...... GO INSIDE. WELL, IT'S HOLLOW, AND HIDES ......~=$*
§*$=~..... A PALE SWAMP (HERONS, MOSQUITOS). IT'S .....~=$*§
@§*$=~.... BRIGHTER HERE, AND THE SOUNDS OF THE ....~=$*§@
#@§*$=~... CITY SEEM DISTANT. BUT THERE'S A SECOND ...~=$*§@#
##@§*$=~.. GROVE INSIDE. ZIG ZAG BETWEEN PUDDLES ..~=$*§@##
#@§*$=~... AND SINKING SHIPPING CONTAINERS, ...~=$*§@#
@§*$=~.... BECAUSE TOWARD THE INNER TREELINE THE ....~=$*§@
§*$=~..... GROUND BECOMES SOLID AGAIN. .....~=$*§
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$=~....... GO INSIDE. THIS TIME THERE'S A CRACKED .......~=$
=~........ PARKING LOT, WITH SPRINKLED DANDELIONS, ........~=
~......... LINED BY WISTERIA. EAST OF IT IS AN .........~
.......... ABANDONED BUILDING, WHAT USED TO HOUSE ..........
~......... AN OLD RESTAURANT. THE PAINT IS .........~
=~........ CHIPPING, SOME WINDOWS ARE BROKEN, BUT ........~=
$=~....... THE SIGNAGE IS STILL THERE: .......~=$
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§*$=~..... "INDIAN PALACE". .....~=$*§
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